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stockhorse

British  
/ ˈstɒkˌhɔːs /

noun

  1. a horse trained in the handling of stock

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The cunning old stockhorse wheeled round or sprang aside, and the bull went blundering into empty space with two fourteen-foot stock-whips playing on his unlucky hide like rain.

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We took the bits out of their mouths, and let them pick feed round about, with the bridle under their feet, stockhorse fashion.

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